#CAB03E#CAB03E

#CAB03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.133 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CAB03E
RGB	rgb(202, 176, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -3.14, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 59.30, 93.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0141 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.133 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7539, 43.9571, 10.8944)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CAB03E #3E58CA

analogous

#CA6A3E #CAB03E #9ECA3E

triadic

#CAB03E #3ECAB0 #B03ECA

tetradic

#CAB03E #3ECA6A #3E58CA #CA3E9E

square

#CAB03E #3ECA6A #3E58CA #CA3E9E

split-complementary

#CAB03E #3E9ECA #6A3ECA

monochromatic

#6F601F #9F8A2C #CAB03E #D7C46E #E4D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CAB03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CAB03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CAB03E

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CAB03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CAB03E	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cab03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(202, 176, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.133 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dec77a',
    500: '#cab03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cab03e;
$custom-light: #dec77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cab03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 202,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75932,
    "c": 0.13326,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CAB03E

secondary

#939FD1

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CAB03E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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